Manitoba Reports Ninth PED Outbreak

CANADA - A ninth case of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) has been found in a sow barn in Manitoba.

On 15 September, Manitoba's Chief Veterinary Office (CVO) confirmed positive test results for PED from a southeastern Manitoba sow barn, bringing the number of Manitoba cases to nine since the first one was found in February 2014.

The CVO has consulted with the producer and the producer's private veterinarian, and Manitoba Agriculture's Emergency Operation Centre has been activated. Control measures were implemented immediately and a plan is being developed for restricted site access, barn clean-up and animal care.

Producers within a 5-km radius of the infected site or with direct contact to the site are being alerted to monitor their herds and collect samples for testing.

Six of the nine premises in Manitoba previously confirmed to have PED are now determined to be PED Presumptive Negative, meaning that the sites have eliminated PED from all pigs and pig contact areas, and have confirmed the virus has been eliminated through repeated animal and environmental testing. This follows a negative status protocol developed by the CVO and Manitoba’s swine veterinarians.